shab-e-furqat meñ yār-e-jānī kī

dard-e-pahlū ne mehrbānī kī

muñh dikhāo bahut rahī takrār

arinī aur lan-tarānī kī

jis ko kahte haiñ chaudhvīñ kā chāñd

terī tasvīr hai javānī kī

kamar-e-yār ho ga.ī ġhā.eb

sun ke dhuum apnī nā-tavānī kī

sūrat-e-hāl par hamāre mohr

daaġh ne zaḳhm ne nishānī kī

sair-e-ne.amat se do jahān kī kyā

de ke shabnam ko buuñd paanī kī

ho gayā ishq husn se nāgāh

pūchhte kyā ho nā-gahānī kī

dil-birishta huā jo misl-e-kabāb

maiñ ne turkoñ kī mehmānī kī

lab-e-jāñ-baḳhsh ke qarīb vo ḳhat

sharh hai matn-e-zindagānī kī

gosh-zad hote hī huī dushman

niiñd terī mirī kahānī kī

khīñchte us ġhazāl kī sūrat

chaukḌī bhūltī hai 'mānī' kī

mujh ko biThlā ke yaar sotā hai

āshiqī kī ki pāsbānī kī

rah gayā shauq-e-manzil-e-maqsūd

pā-e-ḳhufta ne sargirānī kī

misl-e-shabnam huuñ sāf-dil qaane

mujh ko dariyā hai buuñd paanī kī

barq chamkī to sarfarāz kiyā

abr aayā to mehrbānī kī

rāhat-e-marg ko na pūchh 'ātish'

na rahī qadr zindagānī kī